This section lists the commands for interacting with Rackspace Cloud Servers.

All servers commands are based on the following syntax:

rackservers<subcommand><action>[commandflags]

Command flags enable you to customize certain attributes of the command, such as using --name to name an instance. To display a list command of flags specific to the command, type rackservers<subcommand><action>--help.

The following sections describe the servers subcommands and the actions associated with them.

Creates a server instance with the specified name. You must select an image by using either the --image-id or --image-name flag with the ID or name of the image that you want to use. Alternatively, you can provide the --block-device flag to boot an instance from a volume. In either case, you need to select a flavor by using the --flavor-id or --flavor-name flag with the ID or name of the flavor that you want to use.

Performs a soft or hard reboot of the server instance, which you can specify by name or ID. A soft reboot gracefully shuts down and restarts your server's operating system. A hard reboot performs an immediate shutdown and restart.

Converts an existing server instance to a different flavor, which scales the server up or down. The original instance is saved for a period of time to allow rollback if a problem occurs. You can specify the instance by ID or name.

Updates metadata items for a specified server or image, or adds the specified metadata if no metadata is currently associated with the server or image. You can specify the server instance by name or ID.